CHALLENGING YOURSELF Matt Sherriff
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s I write this article, my boat has been dry for around six weeks due to everyone being placed on movement restrictions. Living in the Meander Valley municipality has ruled out any fishing activities on salt water which has meant the weekends have been reserved for gardening. As a gardener, I make a bloody good fisherman, but at least when the restrictions ease up the yard won’t need any more maintenance and I’ll be ready to go! Seeing as there’s been no recent adventures, what better time to talk about some of the future fishing plans. This downtime has given us all some time to check over gear, watch a few fishing shows and put some thought into what our first missions will be when things start returning back to some sort of normality. My focus will be to take a different approach to the way we target some of our more valued species in Tassie, predominately Striped Trumpeter, Blue Eye and Snapper. Jigs and Soft Plastics are something that most of us have used at some stage, but with the above-mentioned species, most are generally taken using bait. Whilst bait is reliable, and great for those that are happy to sit back and wait for a bite, those of us that like to be actively fishing will enjoy the more hands on approach needed to work soft plastics and jigs effectively. Fishing News - Page 22
Alan Koh jigs up a blue eye
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